T. Harry Williams, Hayes of the Twenty-Third, Inscribed and Signed

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Hayes of the Twenty-Third: The Civil War Volunteer Officer is a work of military biography by the legendary Civil War Historian T. Harry Williams. Williams wrote it as the authoritative military biography of General and President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Williams took advantage of the enormous body of writing collected about President Hayes to focus not on his political life but his Civil War career. The result is an in-depth analysis of the 23rd Ohio and its commander that provides deeper insight into lower unit command in the Union Army than might not otherwise be possible.

Hayes led his regiment of Buckeyes – and sometimes brigades and divisions – in some of the most consequential campaigns for West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley including Winchester and Cedar Creek. L

ight sunning; clipped dust jacket; else very good in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by author.

Williams, T. Harry. HAYES OF THE TWENTY-THIRD: THE CIVIL WAR VOLUNTEER OFFICER. NY: Knopf, 1965. 1st edition, 324(vi)p., illustrations, maps.